Rusty and damaged equipment was found in an emergency birthing room and stained mattresses in incubators, a report has revealed.

Health inspectors carried out an unannounced visit at the Princess Royal Maternity Hospital in Glasgow in October.

Staff from the Healthcare Environment Inspectorate (HEI) watchdog discovered an emergency birthing room was being used to store equipment, was dusty and the birthing bed frame and stirrups were "rusty".

A mattress cover in equipment used to resuscitate newborns was also found to be "damaged".

They found some incubator mattresses were stained and expressed breast milk had to be binned or pasteurised after some freezers were too warm.

Concerns were first raised about breast milk storage at the hospital in 2014.

The inspectors ordered the health board to take action in six areas, including safe storage of breast milk, ensuring the emergency birthing room and equipment is clean and equipment in all clinical areas is able to be decontaminated.

The watchdog said improvements were seen at a follow-up inspection.

Inspectors praised the hospital's hand-hygiene regime and general standard of cleanliness, highlighting that 100% of the 45 people surveyed said they thought ward cleanliness was good.

Claire Sweeney, interim director of quality assurance for Healthcare Improvement Scotland, said: "During the inspection of Princess Royal Maternity Hospital, we saw staff using good hand-hygiene practices while carrying out their duties and the standard of domestic cleaning was good.

"However, we identified issues for improvement. NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde must ensure expressed breast milk is stored safely.

"The emergency birthing room and the incubator units must be kept clean and ready for use."

She added: "We carried out a return visit on Thursday, October 27, and we were satisfied that key improvements had been made.

"The NHS board has drawn up an action plan to address these issues. We will continue to monitor the cleanliness of Princess Royal Maternity Hospital at future inspections."

A NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde spokeswoman said all the requirements have now been addressed

She said: "We have put in place revised cleaning schedules in the emergency birthing room, replaced mattresses and implemented further staff training in infection control and safe storage of breast milk.

"We are delighted that the inspectors found good compliance in a number of areas including high standards of cleanliness in wards and departments and uniform policy."